Bernard Says Orange Walk East Ready for Elections  

Belizeans across the country are eagerly awaiting Prime Minister John Briceno’s announcement of the 2025 elections. In previous interviews, Briceno hinted that the elections would be held in the first half of the year, sparking excitement among his supporters. The People’s United Party members are especially enthusiastic, having already kicked off their campaign. We spoke with Orange Walk East Area Representative Kevin Bernard, who expressed his readiness for the elections and confidence that his supporters are equally prepared. He shared more about the motivation behind this confidence as the election date approaches.

 

Kevin Bernard, Area Representative, Orange Walk East

“ Well, you know, I have been prepared from day one. I don’t rest. Every, every single day for me is a preparedness day. for us to be ready for whenever the Prime Minister calls the election. I’m one of those representatives that have constantly been on the ground, trying to ensure that I do as much as I can for my constituency. In fact, when I reviewed my manifesto that I proposed to my constituents the last term, we have accomplished nearly everything. And so it shows that we are committing, ensuring that we are committed to ensure that we can do the work. That’s what I believe it is. So, I am ready. Orange Walk is ready. And I’m very sure that once, whenever the Prime Minister calls the election, and when that day comes, we will be successful once again.”

 

Britney Gordon

“And for the party on a whole, do you think that there’s a possibility of a clean sweep?”

 

Kevin Bernard

“I will take a part of the words of the Prime Minister and say, you’ll never gloat your hand hard.  We look at what we can, what we can win. It’s going to be a difficult one to get a clean sweep, but it’s not impossible either. The way the opposition is in such a disarray at this point in time, and among the work that this government has been doing. Across this country, whether it’s in health, in education, in land distribution,  in making sure that our young people have access to jobs, the BPO’s, I mean, the opportunity,  lower unemployment, which is record low, I mean, the poverty rate has gone down. So we are doing a lot to making sure that we are improving the lives of our Belizean people. And I think the Belizean people knows this at one point, you when you feel a budge about elections. You normally feel a budge when you want to vote out on government, but this time it’s a different feeling. People want election because they want to continue to support the government. They want to continue to support the People United Party because of the many work that has been done. I think we have done a wonderful job. There’s of course, there’s much more we could have done, but there’s a lot we are doing. And I want to continue to tell the Belizean people that we will continue under the leadership of John Briceño. We will continue to ensure that we could. Improve and build on plan Belize.”